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Featured Snippet

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A featured snippet is a summarized answer Google extracts from a web page and displays at the top of search results, typically a paragraph, list or table, and it is often called position zero or the answer box.

A summarized answer Google extracts from a web page and displays at the top of search results — typically a paragraph, list, or table answering a specific question. Position zero. Often called the "answer box." Still active in 2026 alongside Google AI Overviews — both are zero-click surfaces, but featured snippets cite one source while AI Overviews synthesize many.

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